Article for religious use



R. F. BRENNAN ARTICLE FOR RELIGIOUS USE June 20, 1944.

Filed Nov. 13. 1942 v 2 Shets-She'et 1 Raymond EB/wman INVENTOR 6 defieyztf TTORNEY R. F. BRENNAN ARTICLE FOR RELIGIOUS USE June 20, 1944.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 13, 1942 lNVENTOR 9 flQAa-uf WA ORNEY This invention relates. to

Patented June 20, 1944 L y ARTICLE i on RELIGIOUS USE, v RaymondE Brennan, Attleboro, Mass;

Application November 13, 1942, 'SerialNoj. 6'Cl aims. (o1'.'4'1'-10)' anarticle adapted for religious use which is in the natureof aarosary plaque. v With the-considerable number of men now serving in the armed forces and the difficulty'expeis capable of being carried on employed as the usual rosary;

One object of the invention is the provision of a plaque which may be molded orotherwise shaped and provided with front and rear side the person and Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a display face formed thereon with religious symbols which may embossed in raised as to be capable of being readily distinguished from each other by relief thereon, so identified and touch.

Other objects and advantages of the invention relate to various novel fully set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the plaque,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially along the lines 3-3 of Figs. 1 and 2,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially along the lines 44 of Figs. 1 and 2,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing one of the beads 9 in elevation and with the top surface thereof roughened to make it more readily identifled by touch, and,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing one of the beads 9 in elevation with the top thereof pointed to make it readily identified by touch.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated spectively by the reference characters 2 and 3.

Mounted upon the frontiace 2 of the plaque is extends a bead 9 of sides thereof by links I2,1Which-are also embossed upon the face of the plaque and raised slightly from the general level thereof.

A connecting link I, links l2, extends from end surface I5 of the plaque, to connect the large bead 9 with a medal or bead I 6 shown as positioned adjacent to the upper edge portion of the rear face 3 of the plaque, as is usual in the arrangement of the elements in rosary construction.

On the rear face 3 of the plaque and from one side of the medal l6 extends a series of ten small of the first decade was conthe decade beads l0.

When used as a rosary the same procedure may be followed as with a rosary, starting from the cross 8 to the first "Our Father three Hail Mary beads I 0, to

Father" bead 9, and to medal l 6, and from medal bead 9, then the, the second Our comprehends l6 through each of the five decades of Hail Mary" beads 90 with the intermediately positioned Our Father heads 9, back to the medal IS.-

the reception of religious the use of a single display face,

which may have a plane or curved surface, as

well as a shape provided with pluraldisplay faces so positioned relative to each other as to permit the application thereto of religious symbols in a continuous order of succession .by having the same embossed in raised relief thereon.

, Whatlclaim is: i

' 1. An' article for religious use. provided with a display face having religious symbols constituting elements of a rosary in raised relief thereon and arranged with symbols of uniform size disposed in groups of a number conforming to the number in the groups occurring in a rosary with symbols of different size intervening between the groups whereby said groups may be located and identified by the sense of touch. I

2; An article for religious usein the form of a plaque provided withopposed display faces having continuously connected religious symbols arranged in a definite order of succession embossed in raised relief thereon to permit of their identification by: touch, said symbols extending in and each is raised sut-' to be understood that the invention 2,351,918 a. 1 vI formed to provide front and sequential order from one to the other of said display faces.

3. An article for religious use provided with opposed display faces having embossed in raised relief thereon elements of a rosary including small and large beads arranged in the order in which they occur in a rosary, and embossed connections connecting adjacently positioned embossed beads.

v 4. An article of the character described adapted for religious use provided with a display face having a plurality of religious symbols constituting elements of a rosary embossed in raised relief thereon, theexposed faces of certain of said embossed religious symbols being modified to distinguish them from other similar embossed symbols through the sense of touch.

- 5. An article of-the character described providedwith opposed display faces having elements of a rosary embossed in raised relief thereon and extending from one to. the other of said display faces and throughout each display face in the order of succession in which they occur in a roe sary whereby the elements may be located and identified successively throughout by the sense of touch.

6. An article of the characterdescribed provided with adjacently positioned display faces having a connected series of religious symbols embossed in raised relief thereon and extending throughout each display face and from one to the otherofsaid faces in a definite order of succession whereby the user may follow the said embossed symbols intheir order of succession and distinguish each from the other through the sense of touch;

' RAYMOND F. BRENNAN. 

